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124. How Do I Add A Logo And Support
Information To My System Properties General Tab

Adding a company logo and support information to
the system properties general tab personalises the
computer(s) you work on. To add a logo and support
information is relatively simple. All you require is
two files: 1) OEMINFO.INI and 2)
OEMLOGO.BMP. To create these
proceed as follows.

1/ Open Windows Notepad or some
other text editor and type in the following
text:

[General]

Manufacturer=(add your manufacturer name
here)

Model=(add the PC model details here)

[Support Information]

Line1="For technical Support Contact:
(add your text here)"

Line2="Add any other text here"

Line3="Manufacturer Service Department:
(add your text here)"

Line4="add any further text here"

Here is an example:

[General]

Manufacturer=John Barnett MVP Computer
Journalist

Model=4210

[Support Information]

Line1="For technical Support Contact:
John Barnett

Line2="Telephone: xxxxx.xxxxxx"

Please ensure that there is no extra line between
[General] and manufacturer.
If you leave an extra line your Logo may not
display. There should also be no spaces between the
= & the ".

Once you have completed this information save
the file as OEMINFO.INI.

Now create or import a BMP
logo using
Microsoft Paint or some other graphics application. The logo should be
172 x 100 Pixels for Windows XP (176
x 110 Pixels for Windows 2000) and should
have a resolution of 256 colours.

After creating the logo save it as
OEMLOGO.BMP.

Now Copy both the
OEMINFO.INI and OEMLOGO.BMP
files to the C:/WINDOWS/ directory.

Now click Start>Control Panel>System.

In the System properties
window on the General tab your logo
should now be visible.

If you also added Technical Support
Information into the OEMINFO.INI
file you will also see a Support button.
Click on this and you will see the support
information.